on sleepwalking...

[grindmonkeh]

The other night whilest sleeping I remember vaguely a dream I was having about crawling into the attic to work on or fix something. I can't recall exactly what I was planning on doing, because I awoke standing in pitch black darkness. I couldn't see anything, let alone my hand in front of my face. I stepped forward a couple of times and felt clothes hanging on hangers. "I'm in the coat closet downstairs!" I thought as I reached back to open the door. It wasn't there. Confused...borderline panic. I stepped back forward, found the clothes again, and followed the wall by feel until I found a door frame. It seemed like it took an hour. I recognized it, as the door to Bran's walk in closet is uncannily short...like six foot tall where I have to slightly duck under it. Once I had my bearing I found the lightswitch and my way out of the closet. The access to the attic is right behind those clothes...I'm glad I didn't get any farther before I awoke.

I don't know that I've ever sleepwalked before, but that was a surreal feeling of teleportation that I really don't want to experience again.


On an unrelated topic, I've picked almost a gallon of blackberries over the past two days. I also installed a windshield on Virgil's/Bran's bike. I don't like it, but hopefully she thinks it helps with the wind/bugs/rain.

Comments

[charasan.livejournal.com]

I used to sleepwalk when I was little. I might still do it to some extent. I'll go to sleep in bed and wake up on the couch with no memory of when I moved during the night. When I was little, my stepmom told me I once tried to dig out my school books and do some homework in my sleep...guess I was worried it wasn't going to get done or something.

[grindbastard.livejournal.com]

I can see how anxiety would trigger it, but I've never experienced it even when I think I may have been experiencing mild anxiety problems. My central air unit is leaking water like a sieve...I opened it up as far as I could yesterday before asking my dad to come help me with it this weekend...that may have been an attribution.

[brokn2pieces.livejournal.com]

wow, that's intense...the sleep walking story that is. i'm just jealous of your blackberry story :)